refreshment
noun/rɪˈfreʃmənt/
/rɪˈfreʃmənt/
- refreshments[plural] drinks and small amounts of food that are provided or sold to people in a public place or at a public event
- Light refreshments will be served during the break.
- Tickets include the price of refreshments.
- What are we going to have for refreshments?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- light
- liquid
- need
- enjoy
- get
- …
- be available
- area
- centre/center
- kiosk
- …
- for refreshment
- for refreshments
- [uncountable] (formal) food and drink
- In York we had a short stop for refreshment.
- Can we offer you some refreshment?
- a refreshment room/kiosk/tent
- (humorous) liquid refreshment (= alcoholic drink)
Extra Examples- We stopped for refreshment after an hour.
- We're allowed twenty minutes for refreshment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- light
- liquid
- need
- enjoy
- get
- …
- be available
- area
- centre/center
- kiosk
- …
- for refreshment
- for refreshments
- [uncountable] (formal) the fact of making somebody feel stronger or less tired or hot
- a place to rest and find refreshment for mind and body
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to the giving of fresh strength or energy): from Old French refreschement, from the verb refreschier, from re- ‘back’ + fres(che) ‘fresh’.
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